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Enigma A New Life of Charles Stewart Parnell

Author : Paul Bew
Publisher : Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780717151936

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Enigma A New Life of Charles Stewart Parnell by Paul Bew Pdf

Charles Stewart Parnell is the most enigmatic figure in Irish history. An Anglo-Irish landlord from a distinguished Wicklow family, he became the most unlikely leader of Irish nationalism imaginable. He hated the colour green. He was not a dynamic speaker. He was cold and aloof and lacked the popular touch. None the less, from the late 1870s until his fall and death in 1891, he held the whole of Ireland spellbound. He established Home Rule for Ireland – previously a taboo subject in British politics – at the centre of Westminster affairs and effectively created the modern Irish state in embryo. His fall was as dramatic as his rise. The affair with Mrs Katharine O'Shea, the mother of his three children, destroyed him. Ever since his fall and his premature death in 1891, Parnell has remained a remarkably potent symbol, particularly in times of crisis and conflict in Ireland. The myth has obscured the man and makes it difficult for us to see Parnell as he really was. Paul Bew presents a completely original interpretation of this fascinating and enigmatic man.

Sean Lemass

Author : Bryce Evans
Publisher : Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781848899414

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Sean Lemass by Bryce Evans Pdf

Seán Lemass enjoys unrivalled acclaim as the 'Architect of Modern Ireland'. Yet there remain great gaps in our knowledge of this mythic figure and his golden age. Up to now Lemass, a colossus of twentieth-century Irish history, was airbrushed to fit a narrative of national progress. Today, this narrative is undergoing an agonising reappraisal. This groundbreaking study reveals the man behind the myth and asks questions previously skirted around. What emerges is an authoritarian, cunning, workaholic patriot; a shrewd political tactician whose impatience lay not just with the old Ireland, but with democracy itself. This is the untold story of a great man and his lasting impact on a nation's imagination.

Ancestral Voices in Irish Politics

Author : Paul Bew
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2023-06-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780192873781

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Ancestral Voices in Irish Politics by Paul Bew Pdf

The story of Charles Stewart Parnell, one of the greatest Irish leaders of the nineteenth century and also one of the most renowned figures of the 1880s on the international stage, and John Dillon, the most celebrated of Parnell's lieutenants. As Paul Bew shows, the differences between the two men reflect both Ireland's past and its future. The story of Charles Stewart Parnell, one of the greatest Irish leaders of the nineteenth century and also one of the most renowned figures of the 1880s on the international stage, and John Dillon, the most celebrated, but also the most neglected, of Parnell's lieutenants. As Paul Bew shows, the differences between the two men reflect both Ireland's past and its future. Every time the principle of consent for a united Ireland is discussed today, we can perceive the legacy of both men. Even more profoundly, that legacy can be seen when Irish nationalism tries to transcend a tribalist outlook based on the historic Catholic nation, even when the country is no longer so very Catholic.

Imagining Ireland's Future, 1870-1914

Author : Pauline Collombier
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2023-01-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9783031188251

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Imagining Ireland's Future, 1870-1914 by Pauline Collombier Pdf

This book attempts to delve into the connection between imagination and politics, and examines the many expectations and fears engendered by the Irish home rule debate. More specifically, it assesses the ways politicians, artists and writers in Ireland, Britain and its empire imagined how self-government would work in Ireland after the restitution of an Irish parliament. What did home rulers want? What were British supporters of Irish self-government willing to offer? What did home rule mean not only to those who advocated it but also to those who opposed it?

The Disparity of Sacrifice

Author : Timothy Bowman,William Butler,Michael Wheatley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789621853

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The Disparity of Sacrifice by Timothy Bowman,William Butler,Michael Wheatley Pdf

During the First World War approximately 200,000 Irish men and 5,000 Irish women served in the British armed forces. All were volunteers and a very high proportion were from Catholic and Nationalist communities. This book is the first comprehensive analysis of Irish recruitment between 1914 and 1918 for the island of Ireland as a whole. It makes extensive use of previously neglected internal British army recruiting returns held at The National Archives, Kew, along with other valuable archival and newspaper sources. There has been a tendency to discount the importance of political factors in Irish recruitment, but this book demonstrates that recruitment campaigns organised under the auspices of the Irish National Volunteers and Ulster Volunteer Force were the earliest and some of the most effective campaigns run throughout the war. The British government conspicuously failed to create an effective recruiting organisation or to mobilise civic society in Ireland. While the military mobilisation which occurred between 1914 and 1918 was the largest in Irish history, British officials persistently characterised it as inadequate, threatening to introduce conscription in 1918. This book also reflects on the disparity of sacrifice between North-East Ulster and the rest of Ireland, urban and rural Ireland, and Ireland and Great Britain.

Shadow of a Taxman

Author : R. J. C. Adams
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : History
ISBN : 9780192849625

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Shadow of a Taxman by R. J. C. Adams Pdf

Who funded the Irish Revolution? In Shadow of a Taxman, R. J. C. Adams investigates how the unrecognised Irish Republic's money was solicited, collected, transmitted, and safeguarded, as well as who the financial backers were and what influenced their decision to contribute from as far afield as New York, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, and Melbourne.

Lessons from the Northern Ireland Peace Process

Author : Timothy J. White
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9780299297039

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Lessons from the Northern Ireland Peace Process by Timothy J. White Pdf

This book incorporates recent research that emphasizes the need for civil society and a grassroots approach to peacebuilding while taking into account a variety of perspectives, including neoconservatism and revolutionary analysis. The contributions, which include the reflections of those involved in the negotiation and implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, also provide policy prescriptions for modern conflicts.

Tartan Gangs and Paramilitaries

Author : Gareth Mulvenna
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Gangs
ISBN : 9781781383254

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Tartan Gangs and Paramilitaries by Gareth Mulvenna Pdf

In the the early 1970s in Belfast, many young members of loyalist youth gangs known as 'Tartans' converged with fledgling paramilitary groups such as the Red Hand Commando, Ulster Volunteer Force, and Young Citizen Volunteers.

The Contested Identities of Ulster Protestants

Author : T. Burgess,G. Mulvenna
Publisher : Springer
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137453945

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The Contested Identities of Ulster Protestants by T. Burgess,G. Mulvenna Pdf

This study explores the idea voiced by journalist Henry McDonald that the Protestant, Unionist and Loyalist tribes of Ulster are '...the least fashionable community in Western Europe'. A cast of contributors including prominent politicians, academics, journalists and artists explore the reasons informing public perceptions attached to this community.

ORANGEISM: A HISTORICAL PROFILE

Author : Kevin Haddick-Flynn
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781838592004

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ORANGEISM: A HISTORICAL PROFILE by Kevin Haddick-Flynn Pdf

Orangeism: A Historical Profile traces the Orange movement from its pre-Reformation beginnings in the French principality of Orange, to its role in 21st century Ulster. This narrative history offers a lucid account which explains how the Orange tradition took root and developed. Many important events are examined, including the Orange/Green controversies of the 19th century, the Order’s role in the creation of Northern Ireland, its influence during the Stormont era and its stance during the ‘Troubles’. The book also features hard-to-get data provided on the Order’s associated bodies: The Apprentice Boys of Derry, the Purple Order and the Black Preceptory, and provides details of their rituals and lodge practices. International Orangeism and the Order’s role in popular culture are explained and apprised, and the stage is filled with historic figures. Meticulously researched and written without malice, Orangeism: A Historical Profile embodies a reevaluation of accepted views and includes information from unused, usually sealed, archives. Praise for the First Edition: “At last there is an excellent, reliable and absorbing account of Orangeism” – Eamonn Phoenix, The Irish News “A thorough and determinedly unbiased account … written with great enthusiasm” – Niall Savage, The Sunday Business Post

From Parnell to Paisley

Author : Caoimhe Nic Dháibhéid,Colin Reid
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : NWU:35556040815763

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From Parnell to Paisley by Caoimhe Nic Dháibhéid,Colin Reid Pdf

This is a guide to over 100 years of Irish history. It is a sustained analysis of its constitutional and revolutionary politics and contributes to our understanding of the causes and consequences of constitutional and revolutionary politics there.

Terrorist Histories

Author : Caoimhe Nic Dhaibheid
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317199038

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Terrorist Histories by Caoimhe Nic Dhaibheid Pdf

This book addresses provides a series of in-depth portraits of men and women who have been labelled ‘terrorists’, from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. Bridging historical methodologies and theoretical approaches to terrorism studies, it seeks to contribute to the developing historicising of terrorism studies. This is achieved principally through a prosopographical approach. In the preponderance of detailed statistical and quantitative data on the practice of terrorism and political violence, the individuals who participate in terrorist acts are often obscured. While ideologies and organisations have attracted much scholarly interest, less is known of the personal trajectories into political violence, particularly from a historical perspective. The focus on a relatively narrow cast of high-profile terrorist ‘villains’, to a large part driven by popular and media attention, results in a somewhat skewed picture; of equal value, arguably, is a more sustained reflection on the lives of lesser-known individuals. The book sits at the juncture between terrorism studies, historical biography and ethnography. It comprises case studies of ten individuals who have engaged in political violence in the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries, in a number of locations and with a variety of ideological motivations, from Russian-inflected anarchism to Islamist extremism. Through detailed empirical research, crucial themes in the study of terrorism and political violence are explored: the diverse individual radicalisation pathways, the question of disengagement and re-engagement, various counter-terrorist and counter-insurgency strategies adopted by governments and security forces, and the changing nature and perception of terrorism over time. Although not explicitly comparative, a number of themes resonate between the case studies, which will be drawn together in the conclusion to this book. These include the role of migration in radicalisation, the influence of radical family heritages, the experience of imprisonment and the narratives which individuals construct to tell their own terrorist life-stories. It also provides an historically grounded answer to one of the most contentious and heated debates in recent literature on terrorism studies: ‘what leads a person to turn to political violence?’ In examining the life-narratives of a diverse range of men and women who at some point embraced violence, this book seeks to contribute to a growing understanding of the entire arc of a terrorist lifespan, from radicalisation to mobilisation, to disengagement and beyond. This book will be of much interest to students of political violence, terrorism studies, security studies and politics in general.

Inside the IRA

Author : Andrew Sanders
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780748646043

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Inside the IRA by Andrew Sanders Pdf

Would the 'real' IRA please stand up? Why, and how, the IRA splintered. The Real IRA, the Continuity IRA, the Irish National Liberation Army, the Official IRA and the Provisional IRA have all assumed responsibility for the struggle for Irish freedom over the course of the late-20th century. Yet as recently as 1969 there was only one Irish Republican Army trying to unify Ireland using physical force., Andrew Sanders explains how and why the transition from one IRA to several IRAs occurred, analysing all the dissident factions that have emerged since the outbreak of the Northern Ireland troubles. He looks at why these groups emerged, what their respective purposes are, and why, in an era of relative peace and stability in Northern Ireland, they seek to prolong the violence that cost over 3500 lives.

Myth and the Irish State

Author : John M. Regan
Publisher : Irish Academic Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780716532545

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Myth and the Irish State by John M. Regan Pdf

When we read a history we believe ourselves to be reading cold, hard, facts of the events that took place and how they occurred. But there is no real, truthful way to know the approach our historian has taken with the historical sources. This book deals with the uncertainty in writing history in the context of Irish history in particular. Regan argues in this book that the notion of elision, simply ignoring unhelpful evidence, threatens Irish history today. Regan believes that some historians have ignored unhelpful facts that perhaps do not further their point or perhaps contradict them altogether. Each chapter focuses on a period of Irish history that Regan believes to be inconsistent or incomplete in its facts. He asks the controversial questions about the period of history such as why do some historians deny or marginalise the British threat of war and re-conquest in 1922?, why do so many Irish historians describe Michael Collins as a constitutionalist or a democrat when the evidence argues otherwise? Was the Irish Civil War really fought between democrats defending the state, against dictators attempting its overthrow? Did the new state briefly experience a military-dictatorship under Collins in 1922? Thinking historically is not about learning history or accepting the past as it is presented to us it is, as Regan argues in his thought-provoking work, about developing the critical skills to interpret history for ourselves.